As soon as your retirement notification is received from HR, IT will create a new email address for you at the @retired.uca.edu domain. Your @uca.edu account will remain active until your last day of employment. During this time, we recommend you begin notifying frequent contacts of your new address, and possibly including an auto-reply for all incoming messages at some point before your last day. Please see information below regarding how to access your new @retired.uca.edu account, as well as setting an auto-reply.
To access your @retired.uca.edu account for the first time:
- You should have received an email in your @uca.edu account notifying you of this new account, including a link to login. Find this email and click the link.
- You will be prompted to set a password upon your initial login.
- Once you have set a new password, you will be directed to the new mailbox.
To access your @retired.uca.edu account going forward:
- Visit gmail.com (do not use bookmarks or links from myUCA)
- If you are already logged in to a Gmail account, click the profile icon/image in the top right corner and choose 'Add another account'
- Enter your @retired.uca.edu address
- This address will be your existing username (before the @uca.edu of your current account) plus @retired.uca.edu. For example, jsmith@retired.uca.edu.
- Enter the password you've set for this account.
To enable an auto-reply message letting senders know of your new email address:
- While logged in to your @uca.edu account, click the Settings icon near the top right corner (gear icon), then select 'See all settings'
- Scroll to the bottom of the General tab and find the 'Vacation responder' section
- Choose the 'Vacation responder on' option, enter a date to begin the auto-reply, set a Subject, and enter a Message describing the change and include your new @retired.uca.edu address
- Make your selections regarding whether to include external senders - uncheck both boxes if you want auto-replies sent to all senders
- Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page